Juvenile detention guard arrested after physical incident

The Osceola Sheriff’s Office announced it has made an arrest stemming from an altercation at the Kissimmee Youth Academy complex on New Beginnings Road.

Charles-Edouard Jeune, 32, was taken into custody without incident at the Sheriff’s Office and charged with child abuse, aggravated child abuse and battery on a prisoner with great bodily harm.

According to a Sheriff’s report, deputies responded to the facility for a physical altercation that occurred between a 15-year-old juvenile housed at the facility and a security guard later identified as Jeune. The juvenile had to be transported to the hospital to receive stitches for a wound to his head. The arrest came Tuesday after detectives interviewed numerous witnesses and the parties involved.